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Sustainability
Sustainability week showcases ways to shrink eco-footprint by Riley Prendergast, CT news reporter Friday, October 24, 2008; 12:00 AM Sustainability week at Virginia Tech, an educational event of reflection for environmental consciousness, has so far been highlighted by silent auctions, fairs, movie premieres, green building tours and keynote speakers.
University commits to sustainability by Michelle Rivera, CT news staff writer Monday, September 8, 2008; 10:57 PM Virginia Tech has long been committed to conserving energy and resources, and this year the Sustainable Endowments Institute has chosen Tech for the second time as one of 200 colleges and universities to be evaluated in the Campus Sustainability Report Card 2009.
In search of savings: Energy at Tech by Michelle Rivera, CT news staff writer Monday, September 8, 2008; 10:52 PM According to Fran DeBellis, manager of Tech Electric Service, if you ran a 1500-watt hairdryer for an hour, you would be using 1.5-kilowatts of energy. Just the Veterinary Medicine building on Duck Pond Drive uses roughly 10 million kW each year, and it isn't even the university's largest energy consumer.
Tech readies solar house for competition by Megan Quigley, CT staff writer Wednesday, July 30, 2008; 4:53 PM Remember that glowing, multi-colored house with a floating roof that was on display on Dietrick Lawn and outside Cowgill Hall a few years ago? Well, keep your eye out for another extraordinary-looking house that will begin construction soon. The Virginia Tech Solar Team has been busy researching, designing and building another solar house for the Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon.
Dining halls go trayless by Brad Shapiro, CT news reporter Wednesday, July 2, 2008; 6:01 PM D2 and Shultz dining centers have been operating without trays since July 1. The move comes as a result of an Earth Week experiment designed to reduce food waste and possibly improve the consumption habits of students.
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